Kevin Jones, the former boyfriend of slain Arkansas Tech University student Nona Dirksmeyer, has been accused of withholding evidence from defendants in a civil suit he filed.

In a brief filed March 25, attorneys for Russellville Police Department (RPD) detective Mark Frost and former chief James Bacon claim Jones and his attorneys have been in possession of an FBI report since last fall, but did not provide it to the defendants following a discovery request in January. Attorneys for Bacon and Frost found out about the report after calling the FBI to confirm a 2006 meeting between Frost and the FBI.

“... (U)ndersigned counsel learned that not only did a FBI created report exist regarding the meeting, but that the report supported Detective Frost’s conclusions that the crime scene had been staged and confirmed that there was reason to believe Jones committed the murder because of his knowledge of Ms. Dirksmeyer’s affairs,” the filing stated. “... Most ‘shocking and disturbing’ is the revelation in the letter accompanying the report that the FBI previously produced this report ‘to Plaintiffs counsel on or about October 2012.’”

The FBI report confirmed the meeting between Frost, Fifth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons and the FBI, during which FBI agents expressed their beliefs the crime scene was staged and there was reason to suspect Jones killed Dirksmeyer.

In light of the information provided by the FBI’s report, attorneys for the defendants asked the judge strike down allegations in Jones’ suit that Frost made false statements to Gibbons about his meeting with the FBI.

Attempts to reach Jones’ attorney by phone Tuesday were unsuccessful.

In the original suit, Bacon, Frost and Gary Dunn are accused of conspiring to withhold evidence of Jones’ innocence in order to convict him of Dirksmeyer’s 2005 murder.